Exploring Airport Employee Commute and Parking Strategies (2012)

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63 Appendix B interview Form

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65 I. Employee Population Number of airport employees employed by airport operator Total number of airport employees (including tenants and vendors) What is the source for this count? Who are the largest employers at the airport? Approximately what percentage of total airport employees are issued security badges? What percentage of total airport employees work in the terminal area, or within walking distance of the terminal area? II. Employee Mode Share and Demographic Information Are surveys conducted by the airport operator or another entity to determine how employees commute to the airport, work schedules, and residence locations? If so, is the survey for the entire employee population or for employees of the airport operator? How was the survey conducted? What was the sample size? When was the survey conducted, and what was the impetus for conducting the survey? How often are employee surveys conducted? Please provide a copy of the survey instrument. Please also provide a copy of the survey results, if available. If an employee commute survey is not conducted, have you ever considered conducting one? Please provide the mode share distribution of the total airport employee population or employees of the airport operator [for example, drive alone, carpool/vanpool, transit (bus, train, etc.), bike/walk, other]. If data are not available, please provide us with an estimate. How was this information obtained? What are the operating hours of the airport, and approximate hours that (all) employees are staffed at the airport? Please identify the approximate timeframe that the most employees are working at the airport. Approximately what percentage of the employee population is working at the airport during this timeframe? Do you have information on the geographic distribution of all employee residences? (It is not necessary to provide it.) If so, how was this information obtained?

66 III. Commute Ordinances or Goals Is there any kind of regulation or ordinance imposed by a regulatory body that requires the airport operator to monitor, report on, or offer programs to reduce employee vehicle trips generated to the airport/workplace (or increasing employee transit mode share)? If so, please describe. Please provide contact information for the regulatory body so we may obtain further information. Does the airport operator have its own goal for: • Reducing employee vehicle trips or employee VMT generated to the airport • Increasing employee transit mode share • Reducing emissions or greenhouse gases • Eliminating employee parking spaces or permits? If so, please describe. IV. Employee Commute Programs The following table includes a menu of programs and incentives that may be provided by employers to encourage employees to commute by means other than the single occupant auto. For each that applies, please fill in as many columns as possible. Program Program Sponsor (i.e., airport operator, TMA, etc.) Available to Employ- ees of Airport Operator Available to Other Airport Employees (please identify: for example, all; airlines; terminal workers) Program Description (if necessary, please elaborate outside of the table) Cost to Employee Cost to Airport Operator Cost to Others Transportation Management Association Carpool Matching (please describe method) Preferential Carpool Parking Other Incentives for Carpooling (please describe) Vanpool Matching

67 Preferential Vanpool Parking Provision of Vans Vanpool Subsidies Guaranteed Ride Home Free or Discounted Transit Passes Reimbursement for Transit Passes Discounted Fares on Privately Operated Vans or Buses Transportation Options Provided for Employees Availability of Autos During Workday (i.e., Zip Car, airport fleet) Bike or Walk Subsidies Bicycle Racks Bicycle Lockers Showers/Lock- ers for Bikers and Walkers Bicycle Facilities and Improvements Nonmonetary Incentives (drawings, extra vacation, etc.) Program Program Sponsor (i.e., airport operator, TMA, etc.) Available to Employ- ees of Airport Operator Available to Other Airport Employees (please identify: for example, all; airlines; terminal workers) Program Description (if necessary, please elaborate outside of the table) Cost to Employee Cost to Airport Operator Cost to Others

68 Employee Commute Telecommuting Compressed Work Weeks Flextime Staggered Shifts Initiatives with Non-airport- Related Employers in the Vicinity Other—Please Describe Other—Please Describe Other—Please Describe Approximately how much money in total is spent by the airport operator on an annual basis to offer these programs? How many FTEs are working on these programs? If you do not offer some of the programs above to the total airport employee population, have you considered doing so? Do you have an employee commute program operating plan or business plan? (Could you share it with us?) How do you make employees aware of these programs? Is social media used to reach out to employees in this context? How do you measure participation in and success of these programs? Are you happy with participation in these programs? Improvements to Transit or Private Services Specifically for Program Program Sponsor (i.e., airport operator, TMA, etc.) Available to Employ- ees of Airport Operator Available to Other Airport Employees (please identify: for example, all; airlines; terminal workers) Program Description (if necessary, please elaborate outside of the table) Cost to Employee Cost to Airport Operator Cost to Others

69 What has been considered but not implemented? What are the reasons it has not been implemented? Is anything being considered for the future? Are there resources available from outside agencies or organizations that assist you in providing employee commute options (regional ridesharing organization, TMA that covers a larger boundary than the airport, MPO, etc.)? Please identify any airport employers (airlines, rental car operators, TSA, etc.) you are aware of that are offering programs or incentives for employees to commute by means other than the single occupant auto. V. Airport Operator Concerns What are your challenges and concerns with regard to offering commute programs to employees? What are your concerns about the employee commute (trips generated, emissions, employee retention, parking supply, financial, etc.) Are there lessons learned that you would like to share? VI. Parking Supply Total number of employee parking spaces controlled by airport operator (locations with at least 100 parking spaces): Facility Name/Location Surface or Structure Employee Population (specific employers, work location, etc.) Employee Space Count Transportation to Workplace Required (i.e., Shuttle, APM) Exclusively for Employees? Employee Fees Total Space Count What has been tried in the past to encourage employees to commute by modes other than the single occupant auto? Why was it discontinued?

70 What is the approximate number of employees (in aggregate) that are allowed to park in the inventory described in the table? Considering the costs to operate and maintain the inventory described in the above table, including the costs of operating shuttle operations between the facilities and places of employment, plus revenue received from employee parking fees, what is the net cost to the airport operator of the employee parking operation? If any of the above parcels of land are desirable for a more economically productive use, please elaborate. Is any employee parking accommodated in air passenger parking facilities? If so, approximately how many employees, what types of employees, and what are they paying? Are they displacing air passengers from parking in the facility? What are your challenges in the provision and management of the employee parking supply? Number of airport employee parking spaces controlled by other entities (tenant leases, etc.). VII. Vehicle Trips Generated Approximately how many vehicle trips are generated per day by the total airport employee population? (What timeframe was this for?—i.e., time of year, average day, average weekday, etc.) What percentage of total vehicle trips generated by the airport does this represent? How was this information obtained? VIII. Other Please provide the most recent air passenger mode share for origin and destination passengers. How was this information obtained?

Abbreviations used without definitions in TRB publications: AAAE American Association of Airport Executives AASHO American Association of State Highway Officials AASHTO American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials ACI–NA Airports Council International–North America ACRP Airport Cooperative Research Program ADA Americans with Disabilities Act APTA American Public Transportation Association ASCE American Society of Civil Engineers ASME American Society of Mechanical Engineers ASTM American Society for Testing and Materials ATA American Trucking Associations CTAA Community Transportation Association of America CTBSSP Commercial Truck and Bus Safety Synthesis Program DHS Department of Homeland Security DOE Department of Energy EPA Environmental Protection Agency FAA Federal Aviation Administration FHWA Federal Highway Administration FMCSA Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration FRA Federal Railroad Administration FTA Federal Transit Administration HMCRP Hazardous Materials Cooperative Research Program IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers ISTEA Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 ITE Institute of Transportation Engineers NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASAO National Association of State Aviation Officials NCFRP National Cooperative Freight Research Program NCHRP National Cooperative Highway Research Program NHTSA National Highway Traffic Safety Administration NTSB National Transportation Safety Board PHMSA Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration RITA Research and Innovative Technology Administration SAE Society of Automotive Engineers SAFETEA-LU Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (2005) TCRP Transit Cooperative Research Program TEA-21 Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (1998) TRB Transportation Research Board TSA Transportation Security Administration U.S.DOT United States Department of Transportation